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The freshly cut ears… ~ В холодных переливах лир... written by Osip Mandelstam, translated by A. S. Kline

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Fragment (the 4th stanza) of a poem В холодных переливах лир... It was printed separately in a few 1st publications (1970—71). In the letters by Osip Mandelstam sent from Heidelberg to Vyacheslav Ivanov and Maximilian Voloshin in October/November 1909. From Poems of Various Years . See also Poems. Translated from Russian.

* * * The freshly cut ears of wheat lie in level rows: slim, trembling fingers press close to slender quivering fingers. 1909

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© A. S. Kline, translation. Can be reproduced if non-commercial.

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